<p>It would be really convenient if colleges could pair up students who have boyfriends/girlfriends with others in the same situation and give truly single people equally unattached roommates.</p>
<p>The idea that one roommate might want exclusive access to the room for a few hours for the purpose of private activity tends not to be considered an imposition if the other roommate is going to want the same thing later in the week (or later in the day – or ten seconds after the other person’s girlfriend leaves). But if one of the people sharing the room has a significant other and the other roommate doesn’t, the situation is quite different. The unattached roommate can feel very imposed upon and inconvenienced.</p>